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LA MOTRAYE (Aubry de). Voyages en Europe, Asie & Afrique. Where one finds a great variety of geographical, historical and political researches, on Italy, Greece, Turkey, Tartarie crimée, & Nogaye, Circassie, Sweden, Lapland, &c. Avec des remarques instructives sur les mœurs, coutumes, opinions &c. des peuples & des païs où l'auteur a voyagé [...] La Haye, T. Johnson & J. Van Duren, 1727. 2 vol. in-folio of I. [7] ff, 472-23 pp, front, 29 plates including VII bis, 2 maps A and B. - II. (3) ff, 496-39 pp, frontispiece (identical to that in vol. I), 18 plates including IX bis and 2 maps C and D. Shagreened calf, ornate smooth spine, brown morocco title-pieces (modern binding). First French edition of this important voyage by Aubry de La Mottraye, illustrated with a vignette on the titles, a repeated frontispiece, 4 maps and 47 engraved plates hors texte: views, costumes, plans, medals. Bibliographers emphasize the beauty of the iconography by William Hogarth, one of the most famous English artists of the 18th century (Chadenat 105, Blackmer 946). Aubry de la Motraye (1674-1743). A well-born French Protestant, he moved to England as a young man and decided to travel at the age of 22. He embarked in 1696 for 26 years of adventure and discovery. His travels took him to Europe, Asia and Africa. From 1696 to 1729, Aubry de La Mottraye traveled through Tartary, Turkey, parts of Asia and Africa, and the northern countries, starting with Scandinavia, where he became the confidant of Charles XII. A very fine copy in a modern imitation binding.

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LA MOTRAYE (Aubry de). Voyages en Europe, Asie & Afrique. Where one finds a great variety of geographical, historical and political researches, on Italy, Greece, Turkey, Tartarie crimée, & Nogaye, Circassie, Sweden, Lapland, &c. Avec des remarques instructives sur les mœurs, coutumes, opinions &c. des peuples & des païs où l'auteur a voyagé [...] La Haye, T. Johnson & J. Van Duren, 1727. 2 vol. in-folio of I. [7] ff, 472-23 pp, front, 29 plates including VII bis, 2 maps A and B. - II. (3) ff, 496-39 pp, frontispiece (identical to that in vol. I), 18 plates including IX bis and 2 maps C and D. Shagreened calf, ornate smooth spine, brown morocco title-pieces (modern binding). First French edition of this important voyage by Aubry de La Mottraye, illustrated with a vignette on the titles, a repeated frontispiece, 4 maps and 47 engraved plates hors texte: views, costumes, plans, medals. Bibliographers emphasize the beauty of the iconography by William Hogarth, one of the most famous English artists of the 18th century (Chadenat 105, Blackmer 946). Aubry de la Motraye (1674-1743). A well-born French Protestant, he moved to England as a young man and decided to travel at the age of 22. He embarked in 1696 for 26 years of adventure and discovery. His travels took him to Europe, Asia and Africa. From 1696 to 1729, Aubry de La Mottraye traveled through Tartary, Turkey, parts of Asia and Africa, and the northern countries, starting with Scandinavia, where he became the confidant of Charles XII. A very fine copy in a modern imitation binding.

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